Updating for No One but Myself

This past week was hard.  Without getting into details (because they aren't mine to share publicly here), just some prayers for a friend would be appreciated.  I wish I could say more-- mainly for myself to just type my thoughts in into words on "paper" so maybe that's really what I should do.  

Running.  Oh, I'm doing it.  The first week was awful.  This is for a variety of reasons, but I can feel myself getting stronger.  I'm pathetically slow, but I am making progress.  I carry my phone with me, which has a timer app and the I "heart" radio app, both of which help make it bearable.  It does help that I can actually see my progress with the running app-- it tracks my time, as well as GPS, pace, etc.  I can't say I love running or anything, but I do know I had to try something.  This option fits into my life a little bit better than others I'd considered.  In truth  I am MILES (get it?  Miles?  haha) away from running any long distance, but that's ok.  Like everything else, it takes time.  

I'm even going to get up early tomorrow so I can run before the rest of the world wakes up. 5am is going to come awfully early, but I find it humiliating to run in the evening-- after the girls are in bed-- because there are so many people out at that time of day.  My ex-Marine assistant principal even saw me out the other day.  Sooo embarrassing.  So very, very embarrassing.  But, I went out at 6:30 on Sat morning when A got up to get ready for work (it was his one Sat. a month to work yesterday), and I was a lot happier when it was over than I have been with going in the evenings.

I know this is interesting to no one but myself, but hey, it's my blog.  :)